assailable
Able to attack
Assailable means capable of being attacked, challenged, or called into question.
A military position may be assailable from multiple directions.
More often the word appears in abstract contexts: His logic was assailable at several points.
The negative form unassailable is considerably more common—people more often note what *cannot* be challenged than what can.
Out in open
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- precariousDangerously insecure
endangered · imperiled · at risk · open · unguarded · unshielded · weak point · soft target
Capable of being targeted
- breachBreaking of agreement
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- invadeEnter by force
raid · ambush · infiltrate · overrun · besiege · flank · encircle · penetrate
Able to be challenged
- contestableAble to be challenged
- questionableOf uncertain validity
- debatableOpen to question
- refutableCapable of being disproven
challengeable · controvertible · criticizable · attackable · rebuttable · impeachable · flawed · untenable
exposed
Out in open
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
precarious · endangered · imperiled · at risk · open · unguarded · unshielded · weak point · soft target · liability
attackable
Capable of being targeted
invade · raid · ambush · infiltrate · overrun · besiege · flank · encircle · penetrate · conquer
disputable
Able to be challenged
- contestableAble to be challenged
- questionableOf uncertain validity
- debatableOpen to question
refutable · challengeable · controvertible · criticizable · attackable · rebuttable · impeachable · flawed · untenable · shakeable
fortified
Made more resistant
- strongholdFortified place of defense
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
bastion · rampart · bulwark · palisade · parapet · stockade · bunker · redoubt · garrison · entrenchment
assailableunassailable
Impossible to attack successfully
invulnerable · impregnable · inviolable · invincible · undefeatable
assailableunassailable
Impossible to attack successfully
irrefutable · incontrovertible · unimpeachable · indisputable · airtight